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<blockquote data-quote="Ambrus" data-source="post: 2435298" data-attributes="member: 17691"><p><span style="color: Gray">OOC: Previous post edited. Darn. I could have sworn you'd said the scale was 2 meters per square... I'm aware that it'll require a move action to power up the weapons, but even so, I'll still have a standard action left with which to fire the guns, albeit not in multifire mode. So DRK-1X can still make four attacks against the Sith this round. Everyone just pray I roll a natural 20. Tal run away! BTW, what is the damage for the onboard blasters, 4d10x2? Does the ship have a fire-control computer bonus?</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Cognitive Processing</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Establishing computer interface.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Interface successful.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Access granted.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Activating ship's systems.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Diverting all power to ship's weapons.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Activate Targeting computer.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Tracking Target.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Fire all weapons.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Emotive Node: Anxiety 44.9%; Resolve 34.7%; Uncertainty 20.4%.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Receiving transmission (encrypted channel #782364B).</span></span></span></p><p></p><p>As this second console's screen flash to life DRK-1X drives it's probe into the console's interface port. A flood of ones and zeroes stream through the link as the diminutive probe droid orders the freighter's power systems to begin charging its four light blasters. Reaching out with its consciousness, DRK-1X takes direct control of the freighter's targeting computer and, as if they were an extension of its body, brings the vessel's cannons to bear on the Sith. Suddenly the freighter's cannons unleash a hail of blaster fire through the hangar.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Cognitive Processing</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Uploading data to transmission buffer 45D-5</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Transmitting report (encrypted channel #782364B)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="color: Green">Awaiting reply (encrypted channel #782364B)</span></span></span></p><p></p><p>DRK-1X's whisper-soft mechanical voice issues from the borrowed comlink. <span style="color: Silver"><em>Report: I can hear you mistress Dofina. The hangar's automated defenses are inexplicably inactive. Both vessels appear undamaged and are responding to my commands. I have negotiated an alliance with the unidentified human male. He has agreed to aid us in exchange for safe passage out of this system. The unidentified female human Sith has apparently defeated the eight republic troopers and has gained entry to the hangar by melting a hole through the loading dock doors. She has falsely claimed ownership of your transport vessel and has ordered the human male to distance himself from it. I have locked your transport vessel and activated its shields to protect it. The human male has initiated a violent altercation by firing upon the female Sith with his light repeating blaster but has so far failed to successfully damage her. She is closing with him and appears to intend to damage him with her two lightsabers. I have contacted the cerean male Jedi and he is en route towards the hangar. I am currently linked to your freighter's targeting computer and am opening fire upon the female Sith with the freighter's weapons. Inquiry: What are the passcodes for the hangar's main computer? What are your orders mistress?</em></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Gray">OOC: I realize that DRK-1X can't convey all of that information in one round; I just intend to have it keep babbling as fast as it can over the next few rounds until the message is complete. You can figure out for yourself what Dofina and Tac hear and when. BTW, unless they're unique creations of yours, would it be possible for you to identify the two ships for us? Being a very visual person I'd like to be able to try and find pictures of the ships. If they are unique creations, could you describe them?</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ambrus, post: 2435298, member: 17691"] [COLOR=Gray]OOC: Previous post edited. Darn. I could have sworn you'd said the scale was 2 meters per square... I'm aware that it'll require a move action to power up the weapons, but even so, I'll still have a standard action left with which to fire the guns, albeit not in multifire mode. So DRK-1X can still make four attacks against the Sith this round. Everyone just pray I roll a natural 20. Tal run away! BTW, what is the damage for the onboard blasters, 4d10x2? Does the ship have a fire-control computer bonus?[/color] [SIZE=1][FONT=System][COLOR=Green]Cognitive Processing Establishing computer interface. Interface successful. Access granted. Activating ship's systems. Diverting all power to ship's weapons. Activate Targeting computer. Tracking Target. Fire all weapons. Emotive Node: Anxiety 44.9%; Resolve 34.7%; Uncertainty 20.4%. Receiving transmission (encrypted channel #782364B).[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] As this second console's screen flash to life DRK-1X drives it's probe into the console's interface port. A flood of ones and zeroes stream through the link as the diminutive probe droid orders the freighter's power systems to begin charging its four light blasters. Reaching out with its consciousness, DRK-1X takes direct control of the freighter's targeting computer and, as if they were an extension of its body, brings the vessel's cannons to bear on the Sith. Suddenly the freighter's cannons unleash a hail of blaster fire through the hangar. [SIZE=1][FONT=System][COLOR=Green]Cognitive Processing Uploading data to transmission buffer 45D-5 Transmitting report (encrypted channel #782364B) Awaiting reply (encrypted channel #782364B)[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] DRK-1X's whisper-soft mechanical voice issues from the borrowed comlink. [COLOR=Silver][I]Report: I can hear you mistress Dofina. The hangar's automated defenses are inexplicably inactive. Both vessels appear undamaged and are responding to my commands. I have negotiated an alliance with the unidentified human male. He has agreed to aid us in exchange for safe passage out of this system. The unidentified female human Sith has apparently defeated the eight republic troopers and has gained entry to the hangar by melting a hole through the loading dock doors. She has falsely claimed ownership of your transport vessel and has ordered the human male to distance himself from it. I have locked your transport vessel and activated its shields to protect it. The human male has initiated a violent altercation by firing upon the female Sith with his light repeating blaster but has so far failed to successfully damage her. She is closing with him and appears to intend to damage him with her two lightsabers. I have contacted the cerean male Jedi and he is en route towards the hangar. I am currently linked to your freighter's targeting computer and am opening fire upon the female Sith with the freighter's weapons. Inquiry: What are the passcodes for the hangar's main computer? What are your orders mistress?[/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=Gray]OOC: I realize that DRK-1X can't convey all of that information in one round; I just intend to have it keep babbling as fast as it can over the next few rounds until the message is complete. You can figure out for yourself what Dofina and Tac hear and when. BTW, unless they're unique creations of yours, would it be possible for you to identify the two ships for us? Being a very visual person I'd like to be able to try and find pictures of the ships. If they are unique creations, could you describe them?[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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